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Family & Parenting Quotes
Quran and Hadith quotes about parents, children, raising a family, and honoring family bonds.
وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءَلُونَ بِهِ وَالْأَرْحَامَ١
Fear Allah through whom you ask, and the wombs that bore you.
وَقَضَىٰ رَبُّكَ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوا إِلَّا إِيَّاهُ وَبِالْوَالِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا٢٣
Your Lord has decreed that you worship none but Him, and be dutiful to parents.
وَوَصَّيْنَا الْإِنسَانَ بِوَالِدَيْهِ حَمَلَتْهُ أُمُّهُ وَهْنًا عَلَىٰ وَهْنٍ١٤
And We have enjoined upon man [care] for his parents. His mother carried him, [increasing her] in weakness upon weakness, and his weaning is in two years.
The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Jannah (Paradise) lies at the feet of your mothers.'
The Prophet ﷺ said: 'He is not one of us who does not show mercy to our young ones and respect to our elders.'
O Allah, bless me in my family, bless me in my progeny. You are the One who hears and answers prayers.
رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ الْحِسَابُ٤١
My Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers.
The supplication of a Muslim for his brother in his absence is answered. At his head there is an angel appointed, and every time he makes a supplication for his brother with good, the angel says, 'Ameen, and for you the same.'
The believers, in their mutual kindness, compassion, and sympathy, are like one body — when one part of it suffers, the whole body responds with wakefulness and fever.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا كُونُوا قَوَّامِينَ بِالْقِسْطِ شُهَدَاءَ لِلَّهِ وَلَوْ عَلَىٰ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَوِ الْوَالِدَيْنِ وَالْأَقْرَبِينَ١٣٥
O you who have believed, be persistently standing firm in justice, witnesses for Allah, even if it be against yourselves or parents and relatives.
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